This book brings together a cutting edge international team of contributors to critically
review the current knowledge regarding the effectiveness of training interventions designed to
improve cognitive functions in different target populations. There is substantial evidence that
cognitive and physical training can improve cognitive performance but these benefits seem to
vary as a function of the type and the intensity of interventions and the way training-induced
gains are measured and analyzed. This book further fulfills the need for clarification of the
mechanisms underlying cognitive and neural changes occurring after training. This book offers a
comprehensive overview of empirical findings and methodological approaches of cognitive
training research in different cognitive domains (memory executive functions etc.) types of
training (working memory training video game training physical training etc.) age groups
(from children to young and older adults) target populations (children with developmental
disorders aging workers MCI patients etc.) settings (laboratory-based studies applied
studies in clinical and educational settings) and methodological approaches (behavioral
studies neuroscientific studies). Chapters feature theoretical models that describe the
mechanisms underlying training-induced cognitive and neural changes. Cognitive Training: An
Overview of Features and Applications will be of interest to researchers practitioners
students and professors in the fields of psychology and neuroscience.
